‘He’s a little fighter:’ Disabled dog travels across continent to SC to save his life

He may be little, but for this dog, making the trip from a small island off of Belize to South Carolina is a matter of life or death.

Sharky, a four-year-old chihuahua, is traveling from Ambergris Caye to Pawleys Island with veterinarian Kristina Decina to prepare for surgery that will hopefully save his legs - and his life.

“On my last trip in August, there was a small dog with two broken legs that were splinted,” Decina said. “When I arrived this trip, his legs were still splinted but had not healed. The bones had started to disintegrate, and his only looming option really here was euthanasia.”

Decina, who often travels to the island to work with the Saga Humane Society, worked with Sharky’s owners who signed surrender papers that allowed Decina to bring the dog back to the states.

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